October: Kenneth Parker. Featured in 2023 Calendar.

I do not wish on anyone the despair and hopelessness a person can feel who needs an organ transplant to live. The circumstances surrounding my ordeal seemed overwhelming. However, I kept my faith and remained close to my family and friends. I did not know there was someone out there, someone who had never met […]

September: Steven Dragon. Featured in 2023 Calendar.

I received a heart transplant almost five years ago. I was a healthy 47-year-old husband and father of three children, spending my days working and nights playing outside with the kids. I began having trouble breathing and after several tests, I was told I had a blood clot in my heart. After a few weeks […]

March: Karyn Frost. Featured in 2023 Calendar.

“I was on the list,” I love saying that. For 20 years, I had systemic lupus, resulting in end-stage renal disease. After four years of waiting, I received my kidney in March, 2022. Being on the waiting list was frustrating, but life goes on. I did dialysis in Spain, France, and all over this country […]

February: Tony Mankus, 24-year post-transplant. Featured in 2010 Calendar.

I was honored to be a participant in the 2010 LifeCenter calendar. At that time, I had been a heart transplant recipient for 12 years, and today I have doubled that number. LifeCenter played a major role in my transplantation, therefore, I felt an obligation to pay them back through volunteer work. My wife, Jane, […]